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Some explanation is needed of the form of spelling I have adopted in transcribing Norse proper names. The spirants thorn and eth are represented by _th_ and _d_, as being more familiar to readers unacquainted with the original. Marks of vowel-length are in all cases omitted. T...
(2) In _Lokasenna_ Frigg says: "If I had a son like Baldr here in Oegi's halls, thou shouldst not pass out from the sons of the Aesir, but be slain here in thy anger"; to which...
1. Chapter 1Some explanation is needed of the form of spelling I have adopted in transcribing Norse proper names. The spirants thorn and eth are represented by _th_ and _d_, as being more f...
3. Chapter 3For Ragnarök also a heathen origin is at least as probable as a Christian one. I would suggest as a possibility that the expectation of the Twilight of the Gods may have grown o...